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lowland

DEFINITIONS OF: lowland

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n low level country

Antonyms:
highland, upland
elevated (e.g., mountainous) land
Examples:
Lowlands of Scotland
the southern part of Scotland that is not mountainous
Types:
landfill
a low area that has been filled in
sanitary landfill
a low area where waste is buried between layers of earth
Type of:
depression, natural depression
a sunken or depressed geological formation

adj of relatively low or level country

Synonyms
low-lying, sea-level
lying below the normal level
Antonyms:
highland, upland
used of high or hilly country
alpestrine, subalpine
growing at high altitudes
alpine
living or growing above the timber line
mountainous
containing many mountains
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